General Medicine

Lyme disease is an infectious bacterial disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is most often transmitted to humans throu...

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting 5.2 million Americans over 65 and hundreds of thousands of people younger...

Hearing Loss in Children might be present from birth (congenital) or develop later in life (acquired). Congenital hearing loss can be inheri...

Hearing loss affects the majority of persons over the age of 65. Excessive noise, medications, viral or bacterial infections, brain injury o...

UTIs, or urinary tract infections, are infections that affect any region of the urinary tract. They are a widespread health issue that affec...

A guy may opt to undergo a vasectomy if he does not want to father any more children. It is a long-term (permanent) method of male birth con...

Tears or cracks in your anus are called anal fissures. Sometimes fissures are mistaken for hemorrhoids which are less painless piles that ar...

What are Hemorrhoids?Hemorrhoids occur when your anus and the lower rectum swell or get inflamed in the veins or blood vessels. This is when...

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a neurobiological disorder characterized by inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsivi...

An introduction to the common respiratory condition and what you can do about it.Asthma is a chronic condition, usually started in childhood...